C/2015 R3 (PANSTARRS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 11 February 2014 Perihelion distance (q): 4.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : 6,736 Period (years): 195,677 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 83.6 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 22nd magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 12 September 2015. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 16-Sep-15 20.19 0.12 17.6 0.2